L38-1: The first calendar

Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times. They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates. What is more, they will not have to rely solely on the written word. Films, videos, CDs and CD-ROMS are just some of the bewildering amount of information they will have. They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action. But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task. He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available. Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.

Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons. Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.

音标:ɛl38-1: ðə fɜːst ˈkælɪndə

ˈfjuːʧə hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz wɪl biː ɪn ə juːˈniːk pəˈzɪʃən wɛn ðeɪ kʌm tuː ˈrɛkɔːd ðə ˈhɪstəri ɒv ˈaʊər əʊn taɪmz. ðeɪ wɪl ˈhɑːdli nəʊ wɪʧ fækts tuː sɪˈlɛkt frɒm ðə greɪt mæs ɒv ˈɛvɪdəns ðæt ˈstɛdɪli əˈkjuːmjʊleɪts. wɒt ɪz mɔː, ðeɪ wɪl nɒt hæv tuː rɪˈlaɪ ˈsəʊlli ɒn ðə ˈrɪtn wɜːd. fɪlmz, ˈvɪdɪəʊz, siː-diːz ænd siː-diː-rɒmz ɑː ʤʌst sʌm ɒv ðə bɪˈwɪldərɪŋ əˈmaʊnt ɒv ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən ðeɪ wɪl hæv. ðeɪ wɪl biː ˈeɪbl, æz ɪt wɜː, tuː siː ænd hɪər ʌs ɪn ˈækʃ(ə)n. bʌt ðə hɪsˈtɔːrɪən əˈtɛmptɪŋ tuː ˌriːkənsˈtrʌkt ðə ˈdɪstənt pɑːst ɪz ˈɔːlweɪz feɪst wɪð ə ˈdɪfɪkəlt tɑːsk. hiː hæz tuː dɪˈdjuːs wɒt hiː kæn frɒm ðə fjuː ˈskænti kluːz əˈveɪləbl. ˈiːvən ˈsiːmɪŋli ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt rɪˈmeɪnz kæn ʃɛd ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ laɪt ɒn ðə ˈhɪstəri ɒv ˈɜːli mæn.

ʌp tuː naʊ, hɪsˈtɔːrɪənz hæv əˈsjuːmd ðæt ˈkælɪndəz keɪm ˈɪntuː ˈbiːɪŋ wɪð ði ˈædvənt ɒv ˈægrɪkʌlʧə, fɔː ðɛn mæn wɒz feɪst wɪð ə rɪəl niːd tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd ˈsʌmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsiːznz. ˈriːsnt ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈɛvɪdəns siːmz tuː ˈɪndɪkeɪt ðæt ðɪs əˈsʌmpʃ(ə)n ɪz ˌɪnkəˈrɛkt

任务配置:L0+L4

知识笔记:

1.calendar日历

2.hostorian历史学家

3.unique无与伦比的

4.steadily不断地

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5.solely唯一地

6.bewilder令人眼花缭乱的

7.deduce推断，推理

8.scanty不足的

insignificant不重要的

what's more“而且”插入语

练习感悟:一句话就是死磕到底。